On 7/7/2017 5:14 PM, borate wrote:
> An external USB hard drive contains an IFW back up image that I want to restore.
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> A procedure was previously posted on using IFW boot recovery USB to accomplish this, but I cannot locate it.
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> Kindly outline the steps for me, in simple terms. I assume that the PC will boot from the Linux recovery USB, then allow access to the external hard drive where the back up is located.
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But what's not clear is how to boot into Linux from the USB. As I recall, when this was accomplished earlier the PC booted up with the Linux menus shown in the tutorials. Working through the menus eventually led to the desired .tbi image.

This time, after IFL-Create Recovery Boot Disk files were loaded onto the USB stick from the W10 programs menu, the USB booted the PC to the WinRE and reloaded early Windows 10. No IFL menu was seen. Did I copy the wrong IFL files?

Sorry, I misunderstood your boot disk. When you run through the restore steps in IFL, after selecting your .TBI what do you see on the Restore From screen? Are you restoring the image to the original drive?What is the name of the final folder that contains the .TBI file?

Hi Brian. Thanks for your time. Here's the full story, as I recall it.

Earlier a Dell Inspiron 3148 laptop was reformatted, and W1607 installed. The size of three partitions wasn't noted then, and may have changed since, but not by much and not intentionally.After an recent attempt at a fresh install, the RE partition gained a drive letter (D), since removed as you may note in the current layout, below. There were no files in the D:\ directory.

I never had occasion to restore "Win10_Dell_1607.TBI." When 1703 arrived I imaged "Win10_Dell_1703.TBI" - used in these failed attempts.

IFL was on a USB stick; the image was on an external USB hard drive. Surely would seem to be a typical restore. But, as noted, it balked repeatedly. Disappointing.